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The humor quote for the challenge will be used in this chapter, and I will put the quote at the end of the story.

Chapter 7: How It All Came Out (Final chapter).

Siri awoke with a splitting headache. She moaned as she tried to sit up. She opened her eyes and found her self in the med bay on one med cot, while Master Dunn was tending to a still unconscious Obi-Wan on the other. Anakin and Ferus stood anxiously nearby. Relief lit up Ferus's face when he saw his master sit up.

"Master! Are you all right? What happened?"

Head fuzzy, she tried to think what happened. "I - I -" then she remembered. Oh no.

"Um - tripped ... and fell...and hit my head," she said finally, rubbing the back of her head. So it wasn't what happened. It could have happened the way her head felt at that moment.

"What about Obi-Wan?" She looked blearily at Anakin. "The explosive?"

"Found and disabled," Anakin answered. "It was a simple explosive, but it would have destroyed the engines, shutting down the transport and all life support. It was rigged to cause a second explosion which would then have ripped the ship apart. It was brilliant in it's simplicity, and would have only taken a few minutes to set up which was all she needed. I found it with about four minutes left, but it took a another couple of minutes to find and disable the trigger for the second explosion. I found it with one minute left. Got them both." Anakins self satisfaction was marred by his concern for his master.

Siri nodded in relief. Then she glanced at Obi-Wan. "How is he?" she asked weakly.

"Well," said Master Dunn, "Although she only hit the two boys and myself with enough toxin to knock us out for awhile, she tried to give Obi-Wan the kiss of death. She kissed him with enough toxin glossed over her lipstick to kill an average man almost immediately. But Obi-Wan is not an average man, which is a darn good thing. Being a strong Jedi is likely what saved him. I cleaned the surface of his lips and gave him a shot of antitoxin. He should be coming around soon."

"She must have really hated him," Ferus said quietly. Anakin stood still, his face unreadable, but Siri could feel his anger lying beneath his calm exterior. Obi-Wan would need to talk to him about it later.

Master Dunn nodded and quietly said, "She couldn't have him, so she tried to kill him."

Obi-Wan moaned, and all attention went to him. Master Dunn monitored his heart rate and checked his vitals as Obi-Wan's eyes slowly opened. He blinked several times and squinted at the light in the room.

"What happened?" His voice slurred as he tried to speak. "I feel like I've been run over by a herd of banthas."

He moaned again as he tried to sit up.

"Lie still, Obi-Wan, I'll adjust the cot here." Master Dunn adjusted the cot to raise and soon Obi-Wan was in a sitting position, with a pillow tucked behind his head. "You'll be fine. She tried to kill you with a toxic lipstick."

"Lipstick." Obi-Wan remembered. He closed his eyes a moment as his mind struggled to clear, and he vaguely remembered her grabbing him and saying something about a new lipstick, and then kissing him.

"Anakin is the one who found both you and Master Siri unconscious in the storage room," Ferus said. "He called Master Dunn on the comlink while I was helping him to his feet. We got there as soon as we could, and while Anakin disabled the explosive, we brought both of you here."

Obi-Wan's eyes shot open. "Explosive? Both of us?" He looked at Siri. "You were there? And unconscious?"

Siri nodded but didn't answer.

"Yeah, she had just told us what was going on and that she had locked Vyxn up, and then said she was going to find you and for me to find the explosive and next thing I knew I ran into the storage room and found her unconscious next to you!" Anakin explained.

Obi-Wan looked at Siri. She smiled weakly. She did not like where this was possibly going. "I tripped...and hit my head."

Obi-Wan's eyes narrowed as he gazed at her.

Master Dunn said, "As soon as I'm done here, I want to take a look at your head, make sure there are no cuts or bruises. Are you bleeding?"

Siri touched the back of her head and said, "No. Really, Master Dunn, it's not necessary. I'm fine."

"Oh, nonsense. Thats what I'm here for. Let me take a look at you."

"Yes, Siri, let Master Dunn take a look at you," Obi-Wan said. .

She shot him a look and noted the gleam in his eyes. She glared at him. "I'm fine!" she said firmly. She looked for a distraction.

"Ferus, hand me those apples. I'm hungry."

Ferus handed her the basket and she took an apple and bit into it.

"Mmm..these are so good. Have you boys tried them yet?"

The boys shook their heads, puzzled by her behavior.

"Well, you should! They're delicious! Mmm." She took another bite. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Obi-Wan smirk. She ignored him.

Master Dunn left Obi-Wan's side and began to approach Siri. "Now Siri, put down the basket and let me examine you. I need to make sure you didn't suffer any.."

"No! I'm fine!" Siri said, holding an apple firmly in her hand.

"Now Master Siri," Master Dunn said, drawing closer to her, when suddenly he was stopped with an "Ooof!" An apple had hit him square in the chest. He looked at Siri in surprise.

"Siri!" Obi-Wan admonished. "Why did you do that?"

"Well, you heard the saying..."An apple a day keeps the doctor away, if well aimed," " Siri retorted, threatening Master Dunn with another apple.

"That's not how the saying goes!" Obi-Wan said, working to keep a straight face.

"No, it isn't!" Master Dunn agreed, rubbing the place where the apple had hit him. .

"Well, that's my version anyway," Siri said, still holding the apple. "Really, Master Dunn, I am fine. I feel fine. I'm just hungry, thats all."

Master Dunn took another step toward her. She held the apple up in a threatening gesture. "I'll throw it again, Master Dunn. I'm fine! I don't need an examination!"

Master Dunn looked thoughtfully at her a moment, then finally backed off, raising his hands in defeat.

"All right, Master Tachi. If you insist. But if you have any headaches or dizziness, you come see me."

"I will," Siri said, finally lowering the apple. "I promise."

As Obi-Wan continued to stare at Siri, his eyes narrowed suspiciously at her. She glanced at him finally, then stuck her tongue out at him. The padawans snickered.

Later, Siri contacted the temple and told them what happened. Siri with the padawans had gotten the rest of the story out of Vyxn. Then after Anakin had rigged an escape pod to run the engine but not the escape button, they strapped Vyxn into the seat and made her contact her employers.

Siri squatted next to her so as not to be seen on the screen and held her lightsaber against her ribs with the warning, "One false move and this comes on."

She would never have used it, but Vyxn didn't know that. Siri's gamble had been correct. Vyxn's sense of self preservation won out over loyalty to her employers. She cooperated. She contacted her employers and told them her mission was successful. She told them where she had landed, giving them the location of the moon spaceport Siri had given her not far from Coruscant.

Once they had been given the location, Siri contacted the temple again. When Vyxn's employers landed at the spaceport, a team of Jedi along with Republic authorities were waiting for them.

Vyxn was led back to her quarters by Siri and the boys to be locked up again.

With tears streaming down her face, she turned to Ferus.

"Ferus, don't let her lock me up again. You like me don't you?" she asked with a light air of seduction in her voice. Siri rolled her eyes but said nothing, watching Ferus's reaction.

He steadfastly refused to look at her and did not answer. Siri smiled and Vyxn huffed. Then she turned to Anakin.

"Anakin," she cooed sweetly. "I thought we had something between us. You know I really like you." She gazed at him with dazzling hypnotic eyes.

Anakin wavered only a moment as he glanced at her, but then his face hardened as he said bitterly, " Yeah, that's why you tried to seduce my Master."

"I...is that what he told you?" Her face was the picture of innocence. "I would never! He invited me in..."

"Oh, shut up!" Anakin yelled. "You don't know my Master to think you could say something like that. You're lucky I don't kill you for trying to kill him," he spat at her. Her eyes widened and her mouth closed. She said nothing more, to their relief.

They locked her into her quarters without further incident, then Siri looked at Anakin thoughtfully.

He glanced at her sheepishly then said, "I'm sorry, Master Siri. I know I need to control my anger."

"Hm, you and me both," Siri answered softly, squeezing his arm lightly. "When it comes to Obi-Wan" she thought to herself. Aloud she added, "But in this case, she deserved it."

He glanced at her again and saw a slight spark in her eyes and smiled a little. He didn't know how deeply his Master and Master Siri cared for each other, he just knew he shared a special connection with her when it came to being protective of his master. He knew she understood his feelings.

"I'll try to control myself better," he finally said softly.

"As will I," Siri answered with a smile.

Afterward Anakin went to the med center where Obi-Wan was still resting and they talked for a long time. Among other things, Anakin was feeling guilty for bringing Vyxn along in the first place. He apologized to his master for causing so much trouble for him and the others.

Obi-Wan shook his head and said, "You have nothing to be sorry about, Padawan. If you hadn't brought her here, we wouldn't have found out about the scheme against the village on Alta 7 and who was responsible for the virus being spread there. And those responsible would still be at large in the galaxy instead of in Republic custody."

"But she attacked you, Master, and then almost killed you. She tried to kill all of us."

"It was the workings of the force that you brought her to us, Padawan. And the force was with me, as well as with all of us. It may not have seemed like it at the time, but she didn't stand a chance." He smiled with encouragement at Anakin, and Anakin nodded as what his Master had said sunk in.

Then he grinned. "Yeah, especially with Master Tachi punching her lights out."

Obi-Wan grinned back at him. "No doubt. Now, lets talk about a little matter of disobedience in the galley this morning."

Anakin's face fell and he groaned.

Later that evening, Siri was in her quarters, her things lying on the sleep couch ready to be packed into her bag. She was sitting in the chair, brooding and sipping some Corellian Brandy. She was ashamed of how emotional she had been with Vyxn - and Obi-Wan. She decided to talk to Master Adi when they got home. Her former master would help her deal with it all, although Siri wasn't sure she would tell her about what she did when she found Obi -Wan. She cringed at the thought, feeling her cheeks beginning to flush when her thoughts were interrupted by a knock on her door.

Siri knew who it was.

Placing the glass on the table she went to the door, opened it a crack and peered out at Obi-Wan warily.

"What do you want, Kenobi?" she asked grumpily.

Not put off by her brusque manner, Obi-Wan smiled. "I just want to see how you are doing. May I come in?"

"Oh well, I'm busy. We're landing in a couple hours and I have a lot to do, so if you will..."

"Come on, Siri, it's me," Obi-Wan insisted.

"That's what I'm afraid of," she murmured as she observed him standing stoically at her door, making it obvious to her that he would not move till she let him in.

"Oh very well," she sighed. She stood back and allowed him to enter. "Only for a moment, though, I really do have a lot to do before we land."

He walked into her quarters then stood, watching her with raised eyebrows and a questioning gleam in his eyes.

"What?" she finally said as she walked to her table and picked up her brandy.

"Want to tell me what really happened earlier?" he finally said.

She rolled her eyes, feeling her cheeks flush. "What do you mean, what really happened? You don't believe me? I tripped and fell, just like I said."

"Yes, that's what you said, but I'll believe that when gundarks become household pets."

She glared at him, but he only stood there not moving, his arms folded into his sleeves like some damn monument to Jedi stoicism. She glanced at his piercing blue/gray eyes, noting the spark of subdued humor in them. She turned away from him and set the empty glass back on the table.

"He will not drag it out of me," she resolved to herself. She turned around and faced him as he stood unmoving, in the same spot.

"Why are you just standing there?" she demanded, irritated at how calm he was. "Why don't you just get out of here? Don't you have anything better to do?" She walked over to her bed, throwing her night clothes and other personal items into her travel bag. "Where is Anakin while you're in here wasting my time?"

"Piloting the ship," Obi-Wan said quietly. "Ferus is with him."

Then he shook his head slowly, making a tsk-tsk sound as a smirk tugged at the corners of his mouth.

"So defensive," he finally said, slowly stepping toward her.

She stepped away from him, putting her hands up against him. "What are you doing?" she asked.

He took her shoulders gently. "Siri, you're hiding something. I know it. Come on, tell me. You'll feel better!" he promised, grinning oh so persuasively and annoyingly.

She looked up into his eyes, then pulled away from him and turned her back to him again. After a moment she sighed. "Oh, all right."

She glanced back at him, then looked at her travel bag, fumbling with the zipper. "She...she...kissed me. When she was trying to escape, and we fought, she cornered me and ...and kissed me. The poison must have been weaker by then, so it didn't hit till I found you, but..." Siri's voice faded. "I was just too embarrassed to say it earlier." Then she brought her head up and haughtily looked at him, daring him to contradict her.

He took the dare.

"Bantha bits," he said firmly, the amusement in his eyes belying the authoritative manner in which he spoke. "You would have killed her."

"You weren't there!" she spat at him, her eyes sparking angrily. "You were..." she stopped and looked at him. She felt her resolve wilting . "Dying."

She collapsed on the end of her sleep couch.

"You want to tell me what really happened now?" he asked gently.

"Why?" she answered weakly. "Why is it so important to you?"

"I just have my theory, but I want to hear it from you," he answered with a smirk.

She shot him a hard look.

"He's enjoying this way too much."

She stood up and he took her again by the shoulders, his eyes twinkling.

"Oh fine!" she finally said, twisting away from him again. " I kissed you, Ok? Happy?" she glared at him. She wanted to smack that smug, satisfied look off his face.

"Why?" he finally asked, not able any longer to conceal the grin that had been tucked away behind his smirking lips.

"I was told you were dead. When I found you weren't ..I was..relieved. I over reacted," she said, not looking at him.

"Over reacted?" Obi-Wan's raised his eyebrows at her.

"Well, you know, I was so happy...you weren't...dead," she stammered. Her cheeks felt like flaming coals. Her gaze turned on him again. "This won't go into the official report, right?"

"Well...," Obi-Wan said thoughtfully.

" Obi-Wan." She looked at him pleadingly. "Please, lets keep this to ourselves."

Obi-Wan looked thoughtfully at her for a moment. Then he reached for her and taking her face in his hands he leaned in and kissed her lightly. He backed away and she said in surprise, "Why did you do that?"

"I didn't get to enjoy the last one, you know," he answered. "Now we're even."

He then leaned into her again and whispered, "You slipped, fell and hit your head."

She relaxed some and smiled gratefully at him.

As he opened the door to leave, he turned back to her. "But you mustn't let your true feelings for me overcome you so easily. You really need to control yourself."

He grinned, then ducked out of her quarters just as the brandy glass flew through the air and shattered against the door.

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As Obi-Wan walked down the corridor he was met by Master Dunn.

"Well, was it what you thought?" he asked, walking beside him.

"Yes," Obi-Wan answered with a slight grin.

Master Dunn nodded. "And the report?"

"Keep it the same."

"Hm," Master Dunn said thoughtfully. "Yes, probably best that way."

Obi-Wan nodded. "Agreed."

Master Dunn glanced at Obi-Wan with amusement. "You know she will get back at you for this," he said.

"I know," said Obi-Wan, then his grin widened. "But it was so worth it."

Master Dunn laughed. "You do live dangerously, Master Kenobi."

"Indeed."

The End.

Humor quote: An apple a day keeps the doctor away, if well aimed.